{"id":569711,"date":"2026-05-06T18:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/569711\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T18:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:48:11","slug":"poor-start-for-ps5-exclusive-saros-as-first-sales-data-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/569711\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor Start for PS5 Exclusive Saros as First Sales Data Emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

Sales numbers for video games aren’t often made public unless they hit major milestones or are particularly impressive; otherwise, we’re relying on charts and estimates to try and glean how well a game is selling.<\/p>\n

That’s where we are with Saros<\/a>, Sony’s latest first-party PS5 game that officially launched a few days ago, on 30th April 2026.<\/p>\n

Based on the information available so far, it would appear the game has had a somewhat slow start.<\/p>\n

The PS Blog<\/a> has published the PS Store charts for the month of April, where Saros is positioned at 11th in North America and 17th in Europe.<\/p>\n

Now, obviously, the game only had a few days on sale in April (if you include the Digital Deluxe Edition’s 48-hour early access), but it’s still not a particularly strong debut.<\/p>\n

Game sales for high-profile releases like this typically spike right at the start and tail off quite dramatically, so it’s difficult to say that it’ll fare better in May’s chart.<\/p>\n

In the UK’s physical games chart<\/a>, Saros debuted in third place, behind Nintendo’s Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream<\/a> and Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To be fair, on Amazon<\/a>, Saros is currently the number one new release in PS5 games, so it’s not all doom and gloom.<\/p>\n

One thing that’s always worth pointing out is that sales expectations for every game are different; Sony won’t be slapping Housemarque’s wrist if it doesn’t do Marvel’s Spider-Man<\/a> numbers. With its budget estimated<\/a> to be around \u20ac70 million, it won’t take as many sales for Saros to recoup its costs.<\/p>\n

Frustratingly, we’ll have to wait for official sales numbers to emerge if we’re to get any real idea of how Saros is faring.<\/p>\n

The PS Store’s charts for April were dominated by sports games MLB The Show 26<\/a> and EA Sports FC 26<\/a>, but not far behind were games like Pragmata<\/a> and Crimson Desert<\/a>. Starfield<\/a> arrives at fifth in the US and fourth in Europe.<\/p>\n

Here’s the full PS5 chart:<\/p>\n

US\/Canada
\nEU<\/p>\n

MLB The Show 26
\nEA Sports FC 26<\/p>\n

Pragmata
\nCrimson Desert<\/p>\n

Crimson Desert
\nGrand Theft Auto V<\/p>\n

NBA 2K26
\nStarfield<\/p>\n

Starfield
\nPragmata<\/p>\n

Content Warning
\nMinecraft<\/p>\n

Grand Theft Auto V
\nHades II<\/p>\n

MOUSE: P.I. For Hire
\nContent Warning<\/p>\n

Minecraft
\nUFC 5<\/p>\n

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
\nResident Evil 4<\/p>\n

Saros
\nNBA 2K26<\/p>\n

Hades II
\nMouse: P.I. For Hire<\/p>\n

EA Sports FC 26
\nCall of Duty: Black Ops 7<\/p>\n

Arc Raiders
\nIt Takes Two<\/p>\n

EA Sports Madden NFL 26
\nResident Evil 2<\/p>\n

WWE 2K26
\nThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt<\/p>\n

Resident Evil 4
\nSaros<\/p>\n

Ready or Not
\nForza Horizon 5<\/p>\n

Invincible Vs
\nNo Man\u2019s Sky<\/p>\n

Resident Evil Requiem
\nPoppy Playtime: Chapter 1<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts on all this? Tell us in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

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[source blog.playstation.com<\/a>, via nintendolife.com<\/a>, wccftech.com<\/a>, amazon.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\"Stephen<\/p>\n

Stephen has been part of the Push Square team for over six years, bringing boundless enthusiasm and a deep knowledge of video games to his role as Assistant Editor. Having grown up playing every PlayStation console to date, he’s developed an eclectic taste, with particular passion for indie games, arcade racers, and puzzlers. He’s also our go-to guy for Sonic-related matters, much to his delight\/chagrin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sales numbers for video games aren’t often made public unless they hit major milestones or are particularly impressive;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4622,59,1963,112,622,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-569711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-charts","tag-gb","tag-ps-store","tag-ps5","tag-sony","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}